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Table I. — Financial Summary. — Length of feeding period 14 weeks. 



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1 

 2 



4 



7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Diatingaishiag rations. 



Corii,roots and clover 

 hay 



Corn, rootf and al 



falfa 



Corn, roots, clover 



hay and millet hay 

 Corn, roots and mil 



let hay 



Corn, roots, cloyer 



hay and oat straw - 

 Corn, roots and oat 



straw 



Corn, roots, clover 



hay and corn stalks- 

 Corn, roots and corn 



stalks 



Corn, roots, clover 



hay andbean straw- 

 Corn, roots and bean 



straw 



h * 



•a 



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$1,584 

 1.642 

 1.513 

 1.347 

 1.433 

 1.293 

 1.334 

 1083 

 1.470 

 1384 



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 P.* 



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$4,919 

 4.986 

 4.968 

 4.540 

 4.834 

 4.710 

 4.880 

 4853 

 4.903 

 4.788 



$1,583 

 1590 

 1.682 

 1.464 

 1.661 

 1.665 

 1.823 

 1.984 

 1.672 

 1.638 



*Tai8 lot was troabied from time to time, especially daring the early part of the feeding period with 

 Bcoors. 



One of the important things for a sheep feeder tokoowiaabDuthow muoh 

 it costs to grow or produce a pound of mutton. It is doubtful whether 

 the average prices of food stuffs will rule higher during any one season 

 than those current last winter, consequently where proper care is taken 

 in feeding, the cost of a pound of gain should not exceed five cents. 



The uniformity in weight of the lambs at the beginning of the experi- 

 ment was of course a result of the careful assorting and other than to show 

 that'fact, the first column of figures is of no importance. Oa the other 

 hand the great similarity in weight of the lambg at the end of the fatten- 

 ing period is very suggestive, fed as they were on such a variety of rations 

 itj,clearly emphasizes the great importance of skill in feeding as well as 

 the kind of food consumed in obtaining good results. This is still further 

 shown by the average cost of feed for each lamb, average net profit on 

 «ach lamb, total gain per lamb and cost of a pound of gain. 



Perhaps the most significant fact exhibited by this table is that under 



the conditions obtaining in this experiment every lot with the exception 



£ lot 4, fed millet hay, gave a greater average net profit than did the lot 



«ceiving clover hay alone as the fodder ration. The lot showing the 



